Disenchanted mods Ars spoke with want change, not more communication.

“Reddit is publicly extending an olive branch to the moderator community that it largely enraged over recent weeks…But as you might expect, mods remain skeptical.”

  • @[email protected]English
    66•1 year ago

    For real. I got on Reddit in 2009, I was a mod for awhile blah blah blah. It’s been going downhill for almost a decade. It was slow.

    Last comment I made there I got a 3 day suspension on my account. A video of a guy standing in the street and knocking down a guy in his motorcycle, stealing his keys and refusing to give them back.

    I said he should have punched the dude out or choked him. I mean this dude could have killed the guy on the bike. He was unhinged. So I got a ban for “inciting or promoting violence” or some bullshit.

    But here’s the thing lol. You can post about punching Nazis all day long. Fuck Nazis. Punch every one you see. But the double standard is outrageous. This is the same reason I permanently deleted Facebook. Getting a ban for saying the word “bitch”. And I was quoting Jesse pinkman! We don’t need to be babysat on the fucking internet. It’s absolutely insane what these companies do.

    • @[email protected]English
      24•1 year ago

      Got banned for for calling someone a bitch on Facebook also- referring to a guy that was suggesting rape as a way to deal with left wing protestors.

      That was when I left and never looked back.

      Got banned on Reddit for calling people who dragged a person out of their car to rob them, steal their car- and left them for dead- animals.

      That was when I left and never looked back.

      Bigots, rapists, and criminals of all sorts are a protected species on social media.

    • Flying SquidEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      I once got banned from Reddit for saying that I wished someone would punch the colossal asshole Indiana attorney general in the nose as a sort of punny response to something he said himself. (I can’t remember what he said.) It was really clearly a joke. A bunch of people came to my defense and I was unbanned. I should have taken the hint then.

      • daisy lazarusEnglish
        7•1 year ago

        I lost two accounts with a combined just-under-one-million karma for calling out a bot scam. Permanently banned, appeal refused. I can’t even create a new account. I’m shadowbanned no matter what I do.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•1 year ago

          We’re the product these companies are selling. Nothing of actual value was lost for you, but immense value was lost to them. Feels good.